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Doug Benton

Composer - Director - Musician

About the artist:

I am currently Director of Music Ministries at Gold Canyon United Methodist Church where I direct the choirs, handbells, orchestra and play the organ. In addition, I produce a Performing Arts Series annually for our church. Our Sanctuary is a 1200-seat facility with fabulous acoustics. We also host the Gold Canyon Arts Council's Canyon Sounds series, and the San Tan Chorale and Orchestra. Additionally, I am a published composer/arranger or music for brass, choir, handbells, orchestra and organ. I am also an active member of the American Society of Composers, Arrangers and Publishers (ASCAP), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), American Guild of Organists (AGO), The Fellowship of United Methoidsts in Music and Worship Arts (FUMMWA), and the Handbell Musicians of America (HMA). In addition to my own groups, I have conducted numerous local, area, and national handbell festival Massed Choirs throughout the USA, and have guest conducted the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Masterworks Chorale. As an organist, I have performed numerous solo recitals throughout the southwest, and have performed with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, the Flagstaff Master Chorale, Northern Arizona Univeristy's Harter Memorial Handbell Choir and the Shrine of the Ages Chorale, and have performed on tour in Finland with the Arizona Masterworks Chorale.